Scott Hove Explains Cakeland
and Pussy Jihad Exhibition Closing Party
Sunday, April 26th, 3-6pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com
Scott Hove is a primarily self-taught, San Francisco born artist living in Los Angeles. His ‘Cakeland’ sculptures integrate dualistic themes in a highly theatrical manner, using traditional cake decorating techniques in sculptures and installations to describe a world of implied comfort and threat. His work has been featured on the Food Network and on several travel and gourmet programs. His current exhibition at La Luz de Jesus gallery, Pussy Jihad, features a gigantic walk-in cake, an S&M themed carnival ride, and the sweetest cruel shoes you’ve ever seen. He’ll be here in person to discuss the featured work, his methods of creativity, and to guide a few tours of the interior of the show’s centerpiece.
Scott’s works encompasses a broad variety of media, from sculptural installations to painting, but the cakes are formed using carvable polyurethane foam and plywood. They are frosted with a variety of acrylic media and accessorized with fake fruit and other objects found in stores or on the street. The materials and techniques borrow from traditional and decorative arts and craft to render the oftentimes jarring objects and fantasy installations. The archways here at Littletopia were created on site, specifically for this space.
Hove’s co-opting of kitsch is elevated through satire, allowing him to integrate topical political and social issues as textual messages in a thought-provoking rather than offensive manner.
The show is highly instagramable, so we encourage you to take a lot of pictures so long as you tag the artist and the gallery.
Click here to view the exhibition online.
Custom pieces can be commissioned, so contact the gallery director for purchase information.
(323)666-7667 or info@laluzdejesus.com
Scott Hove moved to Los Angeles from Oakland in August. “I came to LA to make my biggest art dreams happen” says the artist – he currently resides and works out of a very large warehouse space on the edge of Downtown Los Angeles with his dog Kona, his bunny Bugsy, and cat, Lil’ Squeak.
